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A while ago, I watched a movie titled ‘Over the Hedge’. I really enjoyed the movie; it’s a computer-animated movie from DreamWorks. It’s about a raccoon that cons a group of friendly animals into helping him steal food to repay a bear that he ripped off at the beginning of the movie. Even for these without children, I still strongly recommend it due to the hilarious moments in it.

However, some people have a tendency to overanalyze a movie and make up conspiracy theories these days. Recently, I went to a website to browse at some movie reviews. This website is for Christian readers. Often, I tend to find the “negative” reviews by the readers to be amusing as they often seem to be misguided when it come to being Christians.

For instance, a reader reviewed the movie, ‘Over the Hedge’ and found it to be extremely offensive. Some people overanalyze everything they read or watch. That’s when you know they are terribly blinded by their faith to the point where they start manipulating it. That’s when they become extremists. The excerpt below is the review I mentioned.

Negative - This movie is subtle seed planting by anti-Christians. Go to the official site for the movie and watch the clips you may have missed at the theatre. Did you all miss the following?

#1) the turtle “Vern” says “It’s not like he (RJ) can walk on water or anything!” RJ proceeds to walk over the water in the pool. I take offense to Jesus being mocked in a children’s film.

#2) Catholics may take great offense to RJ’s comment “the altar where they worship the food.”

#3) The Steve scene is an abomination — one animal bows down in worship to “the hedge”…

In addition to this, there is a place on the site to see what is in RJ’s golf bag, and there is a VooDoo doll in it. Isaiah 45:23 - for every knee shall be bowed to me. This is an offensive movie; get the cute fuzzy animal stuff out of your heads and judge this movie by it’s content.

My Ratings: Extremely Offensive / 1
—Constantine, age 20

Here’s one that I found to be amusing due to her fear that their children will be desensitized as a result of the bear’s death threat toward the raccoon.

Negative - I took my 2 sons to see this movie and was disappointed. The bear was pretty fierce and threatened repeatedly to kill the racoon, using that word several times. Desensitization begins early! The humans were portrayed as stupid and mean, while the animals were smart and lovable. God defines family as a husband, wife and children. This movie reinforces the current cultural propaganda that a family is made up of whoever moves into the house. There were several mild expletives, but then, curse words are curse words, no matter how mild. It could have been a good movie, but was ruined by pushing the line too far. We won’t see it again.

My Ratings: Offensive / 3
—Melinda, age 41

Source: ChristianAnswers.net

Some people are just too paranoid these days. In fact, I would say the cartoons from the old days were more violent. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck were always in danger because of Elmer Fudd kept on hunting them for dinner. Tom and Jerry, they weren’t exactly angels either. I enjoyed these animated shorts a lot and yet I’m not violent or desensitized toward the society. I believe it’s how you raise your children and how people behave around them.

The Internet has all types of people including perverts, prudes, extremists and some are just plainly out of their minds. I don’t mean to attack Christianity, but I do believe that a large number of Christians are misguided and don’t stay true to the principles and teaching of the religion. Instead, they abuse the living daylight out of it. No, I didn’t say the majority; I said a large number, which could be in the millions. It seems like a lot of religions are having problems with their followers not practicing their religions as they have committed to.

Some people go too far with their faith.